%0 Book Section
%A Deb, U K
%A Bantilan, M C S
%A Nigam, S N
%B Impact of Agricultural Research: Post-Green Revolution Evidence from India
%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
%D 2005
%F icrisat:3215
%I National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%P 141-152
%T Impacts of Improved Groundnut Varieties in India
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/3215/
%X India is the largest producer of groundnut in the world. About 88% of the  groundnut area and production in India is concentrated in five states: Andhra  Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. Nearly 83% of the  total area is under rainy-season groundnut and the other 17% is cultivated during  the postrainy season. During 1995-98, groundnut was grown in India over 7.47  Mha with a total production of 8.02 Mt (CMIE 2000). However, the past three  decades have.............